HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s communist-run government on Monday slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late Fidel Castro. The bread, one of a handful of still subsidized basic food products in Cuba, will be reduced from 80 …
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LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen on Monday called on farming communities to stop burning grasslands in Andean and Amazonian areas that have sparked deadly wildfires, killing at least 15 people this season. Forest fires are frequent in Peru between August and November, largely due to the burning of dry grasslands to expand …
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By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Shogun,” a sweeping, historical epic set in imperial Japan, claimed the prestigious best drama trophy at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, and “Hacks” upset defending comedy champion “The Bear” at television’s highest honors. A tale of political machinations, “Shogun” also won acting awards for Hiroyuki Sanada and …
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By Danielle Broadway and Christina Anagnostopoulos LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – At the Emmy Awards on Sunday, Hollywood celebrated a diverse line-up of nominees and winners at television’s highest honors and feted the success of Latino, LGBTQ+ and Japanese talent and stories. Disney’s “Shogun” took the top prize of best drama series following its record number …
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KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian overnight drone barrage injured one person and damaged five homes in Ukraine’s Kyiv region, the regional authorities said on Monday. Governor Ruslan Kravchenko reported no damage to critical infrastructure in the region surrounding the capital. Overall, during the attack over the central, northern and southern regions of Ukraine, the air force …
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By Harold Isaac and Steven Aristil PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -A fuel truck explosion on a road in Haiti’s southern peninsula on Saturday killed 24 people and left half of the 40 injured survivors with third-degree burns, the government said. Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille visited the site, near the coastal city of Miragoane in the department …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday. Towing the 900-foot (274.2-metre) MV Sounion to safety is the first step in a risky operation to salvage the vessel that caught …
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By Jake Spring and Stefanie Eschenbacher SAO PAULO (Reuters) – South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through the world’s largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to Sept. 11. Satellite data analyzed by Brazil’s space research …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas travels to New York for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this month, he will for the first time be seated on the floor of the General Assembly among other U.N. member states. But the Palestinian Authority, which represents …
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By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Pop megastar Taylor Swift took home seven trophies on Wednesday at MTV’s Video Music Awards, tying her with Beyonce for the most lifetime honors in the 40-year history of the video accolades. Swift snagged the top prize, video of the year, for her bleak, black-and-white video “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone. It …
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